Mears had expected payment for past jobs to keep flowing in after the 拢1 sale of Haydon Mechanical & Electrical to its management team but it has revaluated its position now.
鈥淥ur original expectation was that the post disposal period would experience a cash in-flow for the group which up to December 2014 had been the case.聽 However, the carrying value of amounts recoverable has been reassessed and the group now anticipates writing off in full all unsecured amounts,鈥� the company said in a trading update. 鈥淭his exceptional item is expected to be in the region of 拢8m including a cash out-flow of circa 拢4m.鈥�
Aside from that, 鈥淢ears continues to deliver a solid trading performance鈥� the company said.
New orders to date this year are valued at 拢300m, of which 拢100m has been booked since August.
鈥淭he momentum of new contract bidding continues to accelerate although this will be to the benefit of future revenues rather than the current year,鈥� the board said. 鈥淭he Social Housing operating margin continues to improve, driven from the ex-Morrison business together with a changing sales mix towards higher margin housing management services.鈥�
Mears now has more than 4,000 homes now under management across the country.
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